SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : e2fsprogs (SUSE-SU-2018:1987-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 120051

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for e2fsprogs fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2015-0247: Fixed couple of heap overflows in e2fsprogs (fsck, dumpe2fs, e2image...) (bsc#915402).

- CVE-2015-1572: Fixed potential buffer overflow in closefs() (bsc#918346). Bug fixes :

- bsc#1038194: generic/405 test fails with /dev/mapper/thin-vol is inconsistent on ext4 file system.

- bsc#1009532: resize2fs hangs when trying to resize a large ext4 file system.

- bsc#960273: xfsprogs does not call %{?regenerate_initrd_post}.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1353=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 120051

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1987-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 3/20/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:e2fsprogs-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:e2fsprogs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:e2fsprogs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:e2fsprogs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcom_err-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcom_err-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcom_err2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcom_err2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcom_err2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libext2fs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libext2fs-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libext2fs2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libext2fs2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0247, CVE-2015-1572

BID: 72520, 72709

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